Guys, don't manipulate things.
Did BA hire thousands on a "BA express" while they cut those thousands of jobs?
Nooo. If you want to restructure, you fire people, ok, you cut salaries, ok. But you don't replace workers.
Litebulbs has got it right. You guys have STOCKHOLM SYNDROME.
Go find a shareholder and pledge loyalty to them, preferrably on your kees.
Iberia shareholders have been making profit for a long time.
IAG is a creature that was planned long time ago, as long as its alliance with BA. It took time and now it's a painful reality.
I have no doubt that without the merger, Iberia would be well off.
According to the terms of the merger, and according to the new laws in Spain, having losses allows IB to cut as many jobs as they want, and BA will gain the weight it needs to be "the winner" of the merger. With a captain making holes in the ship, the ship will sink. Then he says everybody bail out. Then he fixes the holes and hires slave sailors. Good bussiness.
Oh sorry but how could I think those horrible things of those wonderful people, the shareholders and the executives???